Business
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Machine of the state
Welcome to the era of AI nationalism
Sovereigns the world over are racing to control their technological destinies
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Defence of the reLLM
China is shoring up the great firewall for the AI age
The Communist Party has created a thriving but sanitised digital economy. Can it do the same with artificial intelligence?
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Growth versus greenery
New rules for America’s green-hydrogen industry are controversial
In the tension between growth and greenery, the Biden administration leans green-ward
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4,000 terabits under the sea
Big tech and geopolitics are reshaping the internet’s plumbing
Data cables are turning into economic and strategic assets
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Seeking independence
How an ugly marital feud could change Indian business
Independent directors could become less toothless
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Schumpeter
Can anyone bar Europe do luxury?
The old continent enjoys a unique blend of heritage, skills and strategy
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Bartleby
The return of The Economist’s agony uncle
Max Flannel is back to grapple with your workplace headaches
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Straitened out
Attacks on shipping in the Red Sea are a blow to global trade
But alternative routes are a boon for shipping firms
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Season’s grumblings
German business is fed up with a government in disarray
And now it braces for budgetary austerity
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Un-appy returns
What Google’s antitrust defeat means for the app economy
Tech giants will try to defend their profit pools in the face of courts and regulators